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Qualcomm announced the Toq smartwatch earlier in the day and while we have yet to see a detailed listing of the specs, we have seen the basics. And perhaps more important for some -- we have also spent some hands-on time with the watch. Our time with the Toq was somewhat limited, however we were able to gather a few details and also capture some images.

Samsung recently unveiled the Galaxy Gear, however it looks like that was not the only smartwatch introduction that arrived today. The other is called the Toq and comes by way of Qualcomm. The Toq will be similar to what we have been seeing with other smartwatch offerings in that it will be a companion to your smartphone. Of course, while the Qualcomm Toq has that similarity, there will also be a difference in terms of the display technology.

With the release date approaching for LG's latest flagship powerhouse smartphone, the LG G2, we've received an international version for some initial testing. That rear button sure is interesting, but we're comfortable with it already after only a few hours of use. While we're still waiting for US release date details, check out a few pictures and benchmark results below.

In this industry, it is sometimes very easy to get swayed by numbers and specs. But sometimes "more" doesn't always translate to "better", a message that Qualcomm is trying to pass around in a new promotional video for their Snapdragon chips.

We've seen the Motorola Moto X from the outside, and it is indeed pretty. We've also seen it from the inside, too, and it looks quite formidable. Now we're get to see what it might have cost Motorola to build it all up based on a teardown analysis by market research firm IHS.

By now the amount of rumors and speculation have been by the truckloads, but we're hearing a few more "confirmed" details surrounding the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note III. Previous reports and benchmarks revealed Qualcomm's quad-core would be under the hood, but today SamMobile has confirmed it will indeed be the 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800, along with 3GB of RAM. This phone will be a beast.

When it comes to smartphones these days with 5-inch 1080p displays, quad-core or even 8-core processors, benchmark apps to test performance always come into the discussion. Lately there's been a lot of talk about how they aren't really important to the end user, or how Samsung's allegedly tweaked the GS4 to achieve unrealistic high results and more. Well, a company wants to solve all that.

Google has posted the factory image and binaries for the new Nexus 7. The files are available by way of the Google Developers page and are listed as being for the 2013 Nexus 7 under the codename of "razor." As one would have expected, the factory image file is labeled as being Android 4.3 with JSS15J. This file clocks in at 340MB in size.

In case any of you were wondering just how fast the new LG G2 powered by Qualcomm's absolute latest and greatest 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 mobile CPU is, we have you covered. Lets just say we managed to fire up the usual popular benchmark tests to run on the just announced smartphone, and it blows away the competition.

It looks like there has been some recent change in the world of Android. Well, not so much in terms of the operating system and day-to-day use, but for Jean-Baptiste Quéru who has recently taken to Google+ with a posting about how he is quitting AOSP. Aside from this most recent comment, JBQ has recently made a few interesting comments on Twitter and it seems this all stems from an issue with the Nexus 7 factory images.